By putting obedience before listening, one may be reserving the option of making due with mere performance even as one commits one’s self in words that carry the vitality of aspiration, one is flinching from the radical demand of those very words. Aviva Gottlieb Zornberg
Commitment. We all have our various means of desiring to change, choosing a path of transformation, and then mustering the will to follow-through.
Often we turn to ritual, contract, or other form of pledge that marks the moment our new journey begins to assert that we will, in fact, do what we say we will do. We make New Year’s resolutions, buy gym memberships, or announce our goal to family and friends to hold us accountable.
This longstanding approach – longing for change, choosing a methodology, and then attempting to seal the commitment – is fraught with tenuous threads that cannot hold the weight of our convictions.
Transformation rarely occurs without first immersing ourselves – our souls – in truth. We first listen. We drink deeply of the divine until truth overwhelms us within, prompting action without as in inherent by-product.
Today we take a journey backwards from our written, verbal, and internal vows that we will change until we arrive at the wellspring of transformation. From here, we can journey back to the surface, taking with us the boon that eliminates the need for empty promises and giving us – and others – the real power we need for change.
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Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. Carl Jung
There are moments in our lives when something strikes us with such resonance that it transforms us.
When Albert Einstein was five years old, sick, and lying in bed, his father handed him a compass. He became fascinated by the needle’s ability to always point north, no matter how he rotated it. He called it a “wonder” and later in life said this experience made a deep and lasting impression upon me. Something deeply hidden had to be behind things.
And what do we see Einstein growing up to do? Searching for the hidden forces at work in our universe.
As above, so below.
There are hidden forces at work in you, too. Deep down in your soul. And Awestruck‘s aim is to lead you on a journey to the center of you to discover those forces.
In this episode, we will review the hidden forces explored in episodes 8-13 and get a sneak preview of what’s ahead. And, you’ll also get the answer to these questions from listeners…
- Why do you use Scripture as your source?
- Why is this podcast called Awestruck again?
- What is all this soul-centering talk?
Looks like we’ve got a lot to cover, so grab your compass and let’s get started.
Source Scripture
The Birth of Grace: Luke 2:1-7
Treasuring: Luke 2:8-20
Expose’: Luke 2:21-40
When You See It: Matthew 2:1-12
How Far Will You Go?: Matthew 2:13-18
Nothing is Everything: Matthew 2:19-23
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There is eloquence in the tongueless wind, and a melody in the flowing brooks and the rustling of the reeds beside them, which by their inconceivable relation to something within the soul, awaken the spirits to a dance of breathless rapture, and bring tears of mysterious tenderness to the eyes. Percy Bysshe Shelley
The subject on which you choose to focus gives birth to the predicate that composes each sentence of your life’s narrative.
Focus on the oft-overlooked treasures pulsing in nature and your soul may stir, leaving you rapt and composing the poetry of the ages.
Focus on the money not present in your bank account and your ego will be in agitation, producing frustration within and self-centered wrecklessness without.
The subject of our focus is our choice. Which means the predicate we live is our choice as well.
Today – we will focus on the hidden treasures all around us that offer themselves as the subject of our focus. To find them, we just need to dig.
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Treasuring: Luke 2:8-20
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